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Last
‘Soprano’
episode
of season
ends with
a bang
N.P. Oelzell
| The Clackamas Print
Doggies and doggettes,
you know “The Sopranos”
is television glow, and has
once again balled out like
four-on-four half-court.
With an all-out gang
sta line-up of characters,
episode 77 was able to
bring the show back to
“Sopranos” old-school fla
vor - with death, murder
and a little bit of sexual
savor.
This week’s episode,
“Kaisha,” starts out with
the bit character and newly
appointed capo known
only as Carlo taking the
head of a rival hood and
disposing it in a closed
Connecticut shore water
well.
This was a carry-over
from last episode when the
murdered hood came over
to “bust” Silvio’s (Steven
Van Sandt) balls. The rival
hood from New York was
busted up by Silvio and
Carlo, so in good mob
fashion they had to take
care of business. This
sight on television makes
even certain parts of mob
classics like “Godfellas”
and “Casino” look light.
The show goes on and
New York boss Phil (Frank
Vincent) suffers the wrath
of the Soprano fam. He is
nearly bombed as he walks
up to a local store that is a
front for Phil’s business.
Between family sit
downs
and
revenge,
Tony Soprano’s (James
Gandolfini) son Anthony
Jr. (Robert Iler) gets a
new love interest, as does
Tony’s nephew Christopher
(Michael Imperioli). The
catch with Christopher is
that his new love interest
is a crackhead bia-bia and
Christopher is in recovery.
Does this make fo’ some
great television or what
suckas? The second catch
is that the crackhead is one
of Tony’s almost gal-pals,
if ya’ know what I mean.
There is real talk out
of the New York set about
Tony and certain people
wanting him whacked,
and it doesn’t look good.
Here’s the thing for all you
non-“Sopranos” followers
- Tony’s mother and uncle
put out a hit on him at the
end of the first season, and
now with the show going
into it’s last season, the
New York set drops an
attack plan to kill a boss.
Here is the hook and
bait. Now sit back view
ers, lock your door, turn
off the phone and get up on
“Sopranos” things before
the show goes in to its last
season. I’m out - with a
bang and a bada-bing.
The
Wednesday, June 7, 2006
Clackamas Prij
Student film fest 200
. C.J. Claramella
I
The Clackamas Print
Student-made films will hit
the silver screen next Monday,
June 12, for the second annual
Clackamas Film Festival.
Occurring at the recently-ren
ovated Mcloughlin Auditorium
at 6:30 p.m., the festival will
showcase the work of sever
al student groups; the groups
spent the last two terms devel
oping screenplays and adapting
them into celluloid.
Andy Mingo, who teach
es the production side of
Screenwriting and Production
as well as organizing the festi
val, said there was a large pool
of movies to draw from this
year, and the festival would
show, “at least six films.”
The subjects and genres of
the films will be varied.
“For example, the films
made in Writing 264 are narra
tive shorts,” said Mingo. “But
there will also be a couple of
experimental films.”
Subject matter isn’t the only
variable, however. The length
of these movies range “any
where from three minutes to
30,” Mingo said.
One of the longer films, enti
tled “Cyber Sting,” is being
produced by a more experi
enced team of students.
“We have an advanced group
that took the class last year,”
said Mingo, “and they returned
to do a bigger film this year.”
Jeff Sorensen Clackamai
Co-directors Dan Robertson and Kyle Steele work diligently on setting up the boom mic to |
shoot a scene for “Cyber Sting,” one of the films that will be shown at this year’s film festii
The advanced group is pro
ducing “Cyber Sting.” Kyle
Steele, one of the students in
the advanced group, is confi
dent about the movies pros
pects.
“We’re the all-star group,”
Steele said. “All of us have
been awesome before, and
we’ve come back to be awe
some again.”
According to Steele, “Cyber
Sting” is about “a dude who
meets a girl online, but his
friend tags along to make sure
he doesn’t get hurt.” Steele
Students to join CLR
E.E. West
The Clackamas Print
Many instructors at the college
have hobbies; some like nature
walks, some are musicians and
others simply like curling up with
a good book. Over the last nine
years a few dedicated English
instructors have spent free time
producing a nationally recognized
literary magazine, the Clackamas
Literary Review.
Beginning next year they’re
bringing students into the mix by
incorporating it into WR 246.
“WR 246 is a class centered
on Publishing and Editing,” said
Amanda Coffey, English instruc
tor and editor for the CLR. “In the
past, and when I taught it, students
produced Synesthesia, a student
literary journal ... Enrollment has
been low for this class in recent
years, so we are looking for a
way to provide sophisticated pub
lishing experience to interested
students.”
English Instructor Andy Mingo,
who will be taking the reins as
managing editor for the 2007
issue, is enthusiastic about bring
ing students into the process.
“The kind of writers we publish
are nationally recognized poets,
fiction and Nonfiction writers,”
said Mingo. “It will be a great
opportunity for [students] to come
into contact with these authors and
their work.”
“CLR has a history of publish
ing a balance of established and
emerging writers,” said Coffey.
“We have published widely recog
nized names like Martin Espada,
Ron Carlson, Melissa Pritchard,
Judith Barrington, Christopher
Howell, Virgil Suarez, Ricardo
Pau-Llosa and others.”
The first issue of thé CLR was
releasedin 1997. It began as the pet
project of two former Clackamas
English instructors, Jeff Knorr
and Tim Schell. They believed
that the English Department at
Clackamas had the skills to pro
duce a top-notch literary maga
zine. Reader response seems to
support their belief.
“We get lots of positive feed
back from contributors and read
ers living as far away as Hong
Kong,” said Coffey. “A wide
readership is great for the journal
and even better for the College.”
“Every year we go to the
American Writers and Writing
Programs conference. We have
book tables, and people just
swarm to the CLR table,” said
Mingo. “With the right man
power it could be even better.”
The magazine has always
been a somewhat informal affair.
From the start the editors have
worked on a volunteer basis,
selecting from submissions and
editing whenever there was a free
moment. Due to the frenzy of the
school year a backlog of submis
sions has been building up.
“Reading submissions is a
bit like panning for gold,” said
Coffey. “We read hundreds of
stories, poems and essays each
year, and while it takes a lot
of time and energy, the reward
is evident in the pages of each
issue.”
Mingo, Coffey and the other
editors hope that by bringing stu
dents into the process they can
help ease the workload while
maintaining the high quality that
has garnered the CLR its reputa
tion. They also hope the students
have a fun, educational experi-
encei
“The editors and the English
department hope this class will
be wildly popular,” said Coffey.
“After all, what could be more
fun than working on a nationally
distributed literary journal with
editors like us?”
advises everyone to stick
around after the credits for a
special “surprise ending.”
According to Mingo, the film
festival will also be screening “a
really great film that’s been put
together by Dover Graham.”
“It’s called ‘Charlie,’” said
Mingo. “And it looks really
good.”
The event is free for all,
but Mingo warned that “due to
adult content, viewer expres
sion is advised.”
Mingo said he plans to keep
on holding the film festival
every year, as well as keep!
in the Mcloughlin Auditorii
“We’re looking to mhl
the Mcloughlin Auditorium]
turn it into a venue for fil
he said.
Students interested in ma
ing a movie for next yea
festival should take the fil
sequence offered by the Enl
Department. This consist!
ENG 195 American Film!
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